Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELGod is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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